Clothes-button



H. E. WELTY.

CLOTHES BUTTON APPLICATION man mama}. I919.

1,334,574, Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

TTED STAT 3% PATENT OFFICE.

HELEN E. "WELTY, 0E SEATTLE, 'WASHINGTON.

CLOTHES-BUTTON.

Application fi1ed December 31, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HELEN E. WnL'rr, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at 5038' 20th Ave. N. 13]., Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cl0thes-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes buttons and fasteners.

An object of the invention is to provide a button and a removable fastener which will bear against the cloth encircling the button hole of a garment and hold the button erect against the cloth and give to allow for other thicknesses of cloth to be placed over the button.

Another object .of the invention is to provide a fastener with a l. rge bearing surface which will distribute the strain over an area of the cloth and which will not catch or snag in clothing.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a button which is easily removable from the garment, this being very olesirable when sending garments to the laundry.

The invention also coinprehends improvements in the details of construction which will be particularly pointed out in the speci fication and claim.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a section through a garment showing the button and fastener in position in one thickness of cloth.

Fig. 2 is a section through a garment showing the button and fastener in position with two thicknesses of cloth.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the fastener.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the fastener.

1 indicates the button proper. An eye 2 having a shank 3 with an enlarged end f is secured to the button and a fastener 5 secures the button and eye to the garment, A, as shown.

The fastener 5 is formed of one piece of wire bent to form a circular portion 6. The longer end of the wire is then bent to extend diametrically across the circular portion 6 as at 7, and the shorter end is bent around portion 7 near its junction with 6 as shown at 8. The portion 7 has an inverted tl-shaped bent out portion 9 adapted to receive the eye 2 when the button and fastener are in position as shown in Fig. 1.

The end 10 of the wire is bent around the circular portion 6 to form a support and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

Serial No. 348,625.

catch for the circular portion and prevent the eye 2 from being disengaged from the fastener except by manual operation.

The fastener is preferably made of spring wire but any other wire may be used.

To place the button on a garment, the eye 2 is inserted in the hole in the garment and the fastener put in position by inserting the end 10 of the wire through the eye 2, and turning the fastener around sliding it along the wire as it is turned, until the eye fits in the U-shaped portion 9.

As will be seen in Fig. 1 the portion 7 near the end 10, and the portion 8, engage the cloth and hold the button erect and against the surface of the cloth, the circular portion 6 preventing the fastener from tilting, and engaging the portion 10 as at 11 which will prevent the fastener from becoming disengaged from the eye 2. When another thickness of goods is placed over the button as shown in Fig. 2 the fastener being made of resilient material the portion 7 will give and allow for the thickness of the goods. The portion 6 still looks the fastener by engaging with the end portion 10 and distributes the strain placed on the button over a considerable area of the goods which will not readily tear.

It will be seen therefore that the fastener will hold the button erect whether extend ing through one thickness of cloth or more thicknesses.

Where there are several buttons on a garment in a row they will. all be held in a relative position and give a very neat appearance to the garment.

The fastener being formed as shown will not catch in other parts of the garment, will not form an unnecessary bulge in the garment around the button and is not easily lost when not in use.

What I claim is:

The combination with a button having an eye projecting therefrom, and a fastener formed of a single piece of wire, being formed into a circular portion a straight portion extending diametrically across the circular portion and having a bent out portion centrally disposed, the end of the wire extending from the straight portion partially encircling the circular portion, the other end being bent around the straight portion near its junction with the circular portion. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

Mas. HELEN E WELTY. 

